Mattel Toy Company

Mattel, Inc.

Mattel headquarters in El Segundo, California
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: MAT S&P 500 component
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	January 1945; 73 years ago (1945-01) Hawthorne, California, U.S.
Founders	Harold Matson Elliot Handler Ruth Handler
Headquarters	333 Continental Blvd,El Segundo, California, U.S.
Key people	Ynon Kreiz (Chairman and CEO) Richard Dickson (President and COO)
Products	Dolls Toys Games
Production output	Animation
Revenue	US$ 5.456 billion (2016)
Operating income	US$519.23 million (2016)
Net income	US$318.02 million (2016)
Total assets	US$6.439 billion (2016)
Total equity	US$2.407 billion (2016)
Number of employees	32,000 (2016)
Divisions	Mattel Creations
Subsidiaries	Fisher-Price Mega Brands Fuhu
Website	mattel.com

Mattel Creations

Type	Content production division of Mattel
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	March 2016; 2 years ago (2016-03)
Headquarters	United States
Number of locations	3 (2016)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Richard Dickson (president & COO Mattel) Julia Pistor (executive producer of feature films) Christopher Keenan (SVP, Content Development & Production)
Products	TV series Feature films Video games
Parent	Mattel, Inc.
Divisions	Mattel Playground Productions
Subsidiaries	HIT Entertainment American Girl
Website	www.mattel.com

Mattel Playground Productions

Type	Film Division
Industry	Entertainment
Fate	Absorbed into Mattel Creations
Founded	October 2013; 4 years ago (2013-10)
Headquarters	El Segundo, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rob Hudnut (executive producer and chief story strategist) Julia Pistor (executive producer of feature films) Margaret Dean (director of production) Lloyd Goldfine (producer)
Owner	Mattel
Parent	Mattel Creations
Website	play.mattel.com/pgp

Mattel, Inc. (/məˈtɛl/) is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 with headquarters in El Segundo, California. The products and brands it produces include Fisher-Price, Barbie, Monster High, Ever After High, Winx Club, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, Masters of the Universe, American Girl, board games, and WWE. In the early 1980s, Mattel produced video game systems, under its own brands and under license from Nintendo. The company has presence in 40 countries and territories and sells products in more than 150 countries. The company operates through three business segments: North America, international, and American Girl. It is the world's second largest toy maker in terms of revenue, after The Lego Group. In 2014, it ranked #403 on the Fortune 500 list. On January 17, 2017, Mattel named former Google executive Margo Georgiadis as CEO. Margo Georgiadis stepped down as CEO of Mattel on April 19, 2018. Her last day was on April 26, 2018. Ynon Kreiz is now the new CEO of Mattel.

The name Mattel is a portmanteau of Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler, the company's founders.